Murder arrest after death of woman found stabbed
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found fatally stabbed at an address in Battersea, south-west London.
The man, 40, was detained at the scene in Grayshott Road after the Metropolitan Police were called to the property shortly before 12.40pm on Wednesday, the force said.
The woman was found with a stab wound and was pronounced dead at the scene at about 1.40pm, despite the efforts of the London Ambulance Service and medics from an air ambulance, officers added.
It is the 90th homicide investigation launched in the capital this year.
The woman's next-of-kin are yet to be informed and she has not been formally identified.
Inquiries continue and a post-mortem examination will be carried out in due course, police added.
